CT 53, 132 (P313547)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 132 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313547 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa05 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | "he does/they do not [......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | "at your right [......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | "Who [......]?" |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | Now, the king, [my] lord [......] |
| Obverse [5:11] o 6'6'–o 11'11' | [They conquer] my towns [and] seize [my subjects] who [have gone to ...] for hired employment. He is chief [...]; on behalf of whom does he [...] from the presence of Ašipâ [...], conquer (my) towns and per[secute] my subjects? |
| Obverse [11:20] o 12'12'– | I keep writing: "Where is [your] sense?" but he does not give any reason. [I have] many times over [sent] the kal[lāpu] whom the king ap[poin]ted in my service with my messenger, but to no avail. [He has not given] any explanation but has retur[ned] my messenger, (saying): "I will seize you and wrap you up in iron chains!" |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | His deputy stands in his presence and curses me and my country. |
| Reverse [2:7] r 33–r 77 | The king, my lord, should ask Ubru-Pali[l] about these matters! Why does he [...] me? When people [slander] me right and left, what will they say in the presence of the ki[ng], my [lo]rd? [I sh]all be slain; he will reach my very heart. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | But ma[ny thi]ngs will c[ur]se him! |
| Reverse [8:11] r 99–r 1111 | [N]ow the king my lord should not [...]! I have appealed to [the kin]g; [n]ow [let him] not [......]. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [The king, my lord, may a]ct as [he deems best. ......] |
| Reverse [12:15] r 1313–r 1515 | [ag]ainst me [......] |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | ⸢ma-a la i⸣-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ina ZAG-ka [x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ma-a man-nu mi-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | u₂-ma-a LUGAL EN [x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | gi\p is\d li\d ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | URU-MEŠ\m-ni\d-ia i-[kaš-šu-du ARAD-MEŠ\m-ni\d-ia₂] | |
| 7' | ša\ym a-na\dt na\dt-gur₂-te [x x il-li-ku-ni] | |
| 8' | u₂\m-ṣab-bu\t-tu₂ {lu₂}GAL—[x x x x x] | |
| 9' | šu-tu₂ ina UGU man-ni\d ⸢ina⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 10' | TA IGI {1}a-ši-pa-a u₂\m-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 11' | URU-MEŠ\m-ni\d i-kaš-šad ARAD-MEŠ\m-ni\d-ia₂ u₂\m-⸢kaš⸣-[ša-da] | |
| 12' | a-šab-bar muk a-le\tt-e mi₃-⸢lik⸣-[ka o] | |
| 13' | ṭe₃\p-mu-ma\p la i-šak\tt-kan {lu₂vy}kal-[la-bu] | |
| 14' | ša\y ina IGI-ia LUGAL ip-⸢qi\t⸣-[du]-ni [o] | |
| 15' | 03-šu₂ 04-šu₂ TA {lu₂vy}A—KIN\tm-ia₂ {lu₂vy}A—KIN\tm-ia₂ [a-sa-bar] | |
| 16' | ba\t-ši-iʾ ṭe₃-mu-ma la [iš-kun] | |
| 17' | a-na\dt {lu₂vy}A—KIN\t-ia₂ {lu₂vy}A—KIN\t-ia₂ u₂\m-ti-[ra] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 18' | ma a-ṣa-bat ina ŠA₃ si-⸢bar⸣-[ri] | |
| 19' | e-si-ip-ka | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {lu₂vy}02-i-šu₂ ina IGI-šu₂ i-za-za | |
| 2 | a.a-ši a-di\d KUR-ia i-na\dt-zi-ra-a-ni | |
| 3 | LUGAL EN di-ib-bi an-nu-te a-na\dt {1}SUHUŠ\p—{d}IGI.⸢DU⸣ | |
| 4 | liš\d-al a-ta-a e-⸢hu-la x x⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣-ni | |
| 5 | ki-i ša\yd ZAG u₃ ⸢KAB⸣ [x x x x]-ni | |
| 6 | mi-nu i-qab-bi-u₂ ina ⸢IGI LUGAL EN⸣-ia₂ | |
| 7 | ⸢de⸣-ek-tu₂ a.[a]-⸢ši⸣ lib-bi i-⸢kaš⸣-šad | |
| 8 | [dib]-bi ⸢ma⸣-a-⸢du⸣-[u]-⸢te⸣ i-⸢na\dt⸣-[zi]-ru-šu₂ | |
| 9 | [u₂]-⸢ma⸣-a LUGAL EN ⸢lu la⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ at-tah-[ra x x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | [u₂]-ma-a la [x x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | [x] ki-i ⸢ša\m⸣ [LUGAL be-li₂ i-la-u-ni] | |
| 13 | [le]-⸢pu\t⸣-uš ⸢la⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | [ina] UGU-ia₂ tu-[x x x x x] | |
| 15 | [x] ⸢TA@v\m x x x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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